Vassar College - Vassarion Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

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ELLEN M. FITZ, A.B. - - - Instructor in M usic and Assistant Organist A. B., 1VIount Holyoke, 1904. Assistant Organist and Assistant Choir Director, Mount Holyoke College, 1904-06, Smith College, 1906-08. Studied organ with William C. Ham- mond and Gaston M. Dethier. JOHN CORNELIUS GRIGGS, Ph.D. ---- Instructor in Singing A. B., Yaleg Ph. D. Leipsic. Instructor in Singing at Vassar, 1897. JEAN STUYVESANT SINCLAIR H----- Instructor in Music Graduate of St. Gabriel's School, Peekskill, N. Y., 1896. New York College of Music, 1899-1901: Columbia University, 1903-05. Studied piano with Hans T. Seifert, Alexander Lambert, Edward lVIacdowell, Eugene Hetfley, Harold Bauerg Theory and Composition with Hermann Spielter, Leonard B. McWhood, Edward Macdowell, Cornelius Rubner. Vocal study with Herbert Wilbur Greene, John C. Griggs. Ten years' experience in teaching in New York. At Carnegie Hall, 1906-075 St. Margaret's School, New York, 19063 Powell Institute of Music and Languages, Brooklyn, 1907. Instructor in Music, Vassar, 1908. Member lNIusic Teachers, National Associationg Macdowell Association. EMMA THORN WILLIAMSON ---- Assistant to M iss Chittenden Studied with Kate S. Chittenden, Myra S. Dilly, Edward Nfacdowell, Leslie J. Hodgson and Harold Bauer. Studied Pianoforte and Pianoforte Pedagogy at Metropolitan College of Music. Taught four years at the Ossining School, Ossining, N. Y. Member Macdowell Association. SUSIE PEERS SNELLING ---- Assistant to Miss Chittenden Studied with Kate S. Chittenden, A. R. Parsons, Leslie Hodgson, Dudley Buck. In- structor at Vassar 1900-07. Assistant to Miss Chittenden, 1911. Elihilnanphg JAMES M. TAYLOR, D.D., LED., CID B K ---- Professor of Ethics A. B., University of Rochester, 1868. D. D., Rochester, Yale: LL. D., Rutgers. Roches- ter Theological Seminary, 1868-71. Studied in Europe, 1871-72. Minister, 1873-86. Trustee of Carnegie Foundation. President of Vassar, 1886. - Published: Practical or Ideal? g Psychology Syllabus for Classesg Ethics Syllabusg A New World and an Old Gospel. Many educational and other articles. I. WOODBRIDGE RILEY, Ph.D., iv B K - - - Professor of Philosophy A. B., Yale University, 1892g A. M., 1898. Instructor in English. New York University, 1897-98. Graduate Study in Philosophy at Yale, Columbia and Johns Hopkins University. Ph.D., Yale University, 1902. Professor of Philosophy, University of New Brunswick, Canada, 1902-0111. Johnson Research Scholar in Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 19041-07. Professor of Philosophy, Vassar, 1908. ' Fellow of the American .Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Philosophical Association. Associate Editor of The International Year Book. Puhlisl1.efl.' The Founder of Mormonism: a Psychological Study of Joseph Smith, Jr. 'ig American Philosophy: The Early Schoolsf, About sixty reviews and articles, chiedy on American and Italian Philosophy and Psychology, in the Psychological Bulletin, Psycho- logical Review, Journal of Philosophy, Nation, Bookman, etc. 30

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SOPHIA FOSTER RICHARDSON, A.B. - - - Instructor in Mathematics A. B., Vassar, 1879. Teacher in Private School, Rutherford, N. J., 1879-823 Principal of Rutherford Institute, 1882-85. Graduate Student at Newnham College and Chicago University for two years. Instructor in hlathematics, Vassar, 1886. Member American Mathematical Society. GERTRUDE SMITH, A.M., 112 B K ---- Instructor in Mathematics A. B., Vassar, 18971 A. M., 1903. Instructor in Portland, Me., 1897-99g in Engle- wood, N. J., 1899-1900. Graduate Student in Vassar, 1900-01. Fellow in Mathematics, University of Paris, 1907-08. Instructor in Vassar, 1901-07, 1908. Member American Mathematical Society. ftlllnsir GEORGE COLEMAN Gow, Mus.D. ----- Professor of Music i A. B., Brown Universityg hlus. D., Brown University. Newton Theological Sem- inary. Teacher of Piano and Theory at Smith College, 1889-95. Professor of hlusic, Vassar, 1895. Europe, 1892-93, 1906-07. Publislzecl: Structure of Music, 1895g Lessons in Elementary Theory, Elementary Harmony and Advanced Harmony, in the American Encyclopedia and History of Music, 19103 also Songs and Part Songs. A Music Teachers' National Association. New York State Music Teachers' Association. International hlusical Society. KATE S. CHITTENDEN ------ Instructor in Pianoforte GU Studied with Jules Fossier, Lucy H. Clinton, A. R. Parsons and Harold Bauer. Presi- dent, Metropolitan College of hlusicg Vice-President and Dean of American Institute of Applied Musicg President of Synthetic Guild of Pianoforte Teachersg Founder of American Guild of Organists. Lecturer in New York City Public Lecture Course. Organist and Choir Director of Calvary Baptist Church. New York City. 1879-1906. In charge of Piano De- partment in the Catherine Aiken School, Stamford, Conn. Member Macdowell Association. Life Member of New York State Music Teachers' Association, and Life Member of National hlusic Teachers' Association. Published: Various works on Technique and Pianoforte playing and numerous mag- azine articles. sfmv DANNREUTHER - - ----- Instructor in Violin Berlin-Hochschule fur M usik. Pupil of De Ahna and Jos. Joachim. Player and teacher in London, England, 1873-77. Member of Boston Mendelssohn Quintette Club, 1877-80. Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Society, 1882-84. Concert Master of the New York Symphony and Oratorio Society for two years. Member of Philharmonic Society until 1906, occupying a place at the first desk. Organizer of the Dannreuther String Quartette in 1884. Dannreuther String Quartette, 1884-1907. Instructor in Violin, Vassar, 1906. Publiisl1efl.' Set of Scale and Chord Studies, published by Breitkopf and Hartel, Leipsic. 29

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ZITA LILLIAN THORNBURY, A.B. Assistant in Ethics and in the Sccretargfs Ojice A. B., Vassar College, 1908. Assistant in Ethics and History, 1908. Assistant in Ethics and in the Secretary's Office, 1909. SAVILLA ELKUS, Ph.D. I ------ Assistant in Philosophy B.S., M. A., Columbia University. Ph D Columbia 1908 Studied at Univer 't . ., , . Sly of Munich. Attended lectures at the Sorbonne, Paris. Assistant in Philosophy, Vassar, 1911. Member of the American Philosophical Association. Publislzed: The Concept of Control? Ighgaira LEROY C. COOLEY, Ph.D., Q B K - - - Professor Emeritus of Physics A. B., Union College, 1858. Student of Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Instructor in Science in the Lockport Union School 3 in 1VIathematics in Fairfield Seminaryg in Science in Cooperstown Seminary. Professor of Natural Science in New York State Normal College, 1861-74. Professor of Physics and Chemistry, Vassar, 1874. Professor of Physics, 1894. Professor Emeritus, 1907. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Physical Societyg National Educational Associationg New York State Science Teachers' Associationg National Geographic Societyg Vassar Brothers Institute. Published: Text-books on Physics, Elementary and Advancedg Text-books on Chemis- try, Elementary and Advanced. Papers on Educational subjects: Proc., University Convo- cation, The New York State Science Teachers' Association, The New York State Teachers' Association. Investigations: Electricity applied to register Vibrations. The Electric Reg- ister and the Pitch of Koenig's Tuning Forks. A Convection Thermoscope. Theory of the Con- vection Thermoscopeg Repulsion by Heat. Mechanical Actions of Radiations in Air and Vacua. The Limit of Visibility of Minute Particles. Other papers' American Chemical Journal: Journal, Franklin Institute, Proceedings, Albany Institute, Proc., Vassar Brothers Institute. CLARKE WELLS CHAMBERLAIN, Ph.D., fir' B K - - - Professor of Physics A.B., Denison University, 1894. Ph.D., Columbia University, 1910. Instructor in Mathematics and Physics, WVestern Reserve Academy, 1894-97. Graduate Student in Physics and Mathematics, University of Chicago, 1897-1900. Fellow in Physics, University of Chicago, 1899-1900. Professor of Physics, Colby College, 1900-01. Professor of Physics, Denison University, 1901-08. Professor of Physics, Vassar, 1908. Ernest Kempton Adams Research Fellow of Columbia University, 1909-10 and 1910-11. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Scienceg Member American Physical Society. - Silver medal for Original Instruments of Precision, Jamestown Exposition. Published: The Radius of Molecular Attraction, The Compound Interferometerf' f'A New Form of Interferometer, in Physical Reviewg The Achromatism of Interference in Physical Review g 'tThe Relative Motion of the Earth and Ether and the Fitzgerald Lorentz Effect, in Transactions of the British Association. HELEN SHEPARD HOLBROOK, A.B. ----- Instructor in Physics A. B., Vassar, 1904. Assistant in Physics, 1905-08, 1909-103 Instructor in Physics, 1910-. 3 31